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ArticleJournal of audiology & otology2017

Prognostic Factors for Recovery from Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Retrospective Study.

Woo Seok Kang, Chan Joo Yang, Myungjoo Shim, Chan Il Song, Tae Su Kim, Hyun Woo Lim, Joong Ho Ahn, Hong Ju Park, Jong Woo Chung

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Article in Journal of audiology & otology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Better late than never: initial experience of intra-arterial pulsed-urokinase-injection as a salvage therapy for refractory sudden sensorineural hearing loss.Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences · 2022
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  20. Management of sudden sensorineural hearing loss among primary care physicians in Canada: a survey study.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Woo Seok KangDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Chan Joo YangDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Myungjoo ShimDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Hallym Hospital, Incheon, Korea.
Chan Il SongDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
Tae Su KimDepartment of Otolaryngology, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
Hyun Woo LimDepartment of Otolaryngology, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, Korea.
Joong Ho AhnDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Hong Ju ParkDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Jong Woo ChungDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Asan Medical Center · KRUniversity of Ulsan · KRGangneung Asan Hospital · KRJeju National University · KRKangwon National University · KRUlsan College · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesThis study aimed to investigate prognostic factors in patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL). SUBJECTS AND

methodsFrom January 2007 to December 2011, a retrospective chart review identified 494 consecutive patients with ISSNHL. Demographic, audiometric, and clinical data were analyzed using a logistic regression test.

resultsHearing recovery from ISSNHL was significantly associated with factors such as age, duration from onset of symptoms to commencement of treatment, severity of the initial pure tone threshold, and the treatment method. Intratympanic (IT) steroid administration alone showed a comparable efficiency to oral steroid administration with or without IT steroid injection. In patients who received IT steroid injection, the duration from onset to treatment, severity of initial hearing loss, and sequential IT steroid injection following systemic steroid administration were statistically associated with hearing improvement.

conclusionsAge, severity of initial pure tone threshold, duration from onset to treatment, initial speech discrimination, and initial pure tone threshold are statistically significant prognostic factors related to hearing improvement in ISSNHL. IT steroid injection as an initial single treatment is comparable to systemic oral steroid administration.

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CorticosteroidHearingIdiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing lossPrognosis

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